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At about 7 p.m. Monday, parts of Lake Shore Blvd. — or, in this case, the Lakeshore River — looked more conducive to hosting a jet ski race than an IndyCar event.

And Charlie Johnstone knew it.

“When you see places on Lake Shore that has waste-deep water, of course you are going to be concerned,” said Johnstone, the vice-president and general manager of Honda Indy Toronto.

“Actually, there was as much concern about the wind and the possible damage it might do.”

Luckily, the sun briefly peeked through the clouds on Tuesday morning, revealing a Toronto race course at the CNE Grounds that had come through Monday’s monsoon virtually unscathed.

“The blocks used for walls have cracks the water seeps through to drain and they worked perfectly. The grandstands and bleachers are fine. We came out of this 100% unscathed.

“Some of the team’s transporters started rolling in (Tuesday). The vendors will start setting up Wednesday. We are all good.”

More potential thunderstorms and heavy rains are possible through Wednesday. After that, Environment Canada is forecasting ideal conditions for race weekend, including sunny and 24C for Friday’s practices and qualifying; sunny and 25C for Saturday’s IndyCar race #1; and partly cloudy and 26C for Sunday’s IndyCar race #2.